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Firefighters keep up battle to stamp out largest wildfire in Texas history
McALLEN, Texas — Planes dropped fire retardant over the Texas Panhandle on Sunday and a small community was ordered to…
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78-year-old who died weeks after fleeing Maui wildfire listed as a victim of blaze
LAHAINA, Hawaii — Sharlene Rabang and her calico cat fled the wildfire that destroyed her town on Maui and arrived…
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Maui residents wonder if their burned town can be made safe. The answer? No one knows
When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his Maui home, he worries about the smell. What chemicals…
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Encroaching wildfires prompt North Carolina and Tennessee campgrounds to evacuate
PINNACLE, N.C. — Wildfires have prompted campgrounds in North Carolina and Tennessee to evacuate starting Sunday while firefighters prepared for…
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Bushfire busters: Why Australia is employing goats on its railways
The weed-destroying goat herd was deployed to tackle an area along railway tracks where vegetation was out of control. ADVERTISEMENT…
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There’s another wildfire burning in Hawaii. This one is destroying irreplaceable rainforest on Oahu
HONOLULU — A wildfire burning in a remote Hawaii rainforest is underscoring a new reality for the normally lush island…
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Helicopters drop water on Oahu wildfire for 2nd day
Helicopters are battling a wildfire in remote mountainous area of Hawaii’s Central Oahu as flames burn native koa and ohia…
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Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests
KYBURZ, Calif. — On a steep mountainside where walls of flames torched the forest on their way toward Lake Tahoe…
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Maui County police find additional remains, raising Lahaina wildfire death toll to 99
The death toll for the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century has increased by one, to 99, after…
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Is it too soon to reopen tourism after Hawaii’s devastating wildfires?
Hawaii has changed. ‘You shouldn’t be there expecting people to serve you your mai tais and your food,’ says one…
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